OBITUARY: Helen E. (Beatty) Etter

Helen E. (Beatty) Etter, age 85, of South Carlisle Street, Greencastle, Pa., died at 10:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in the Quincy Retirement Home, Quincy, where she had been a resident since Dec. 30, 2011.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Oct. 9, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Updated Oct 9, 2012 at 11:07 AM

Posted Oct. 9, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Updated Oct 9, 2012 at 11:07 AM

Helen E. (Beatty) Etter, age 85, of South Carlisle Street, Greencastle, Pa., died at 10:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in the Quincy Retirement Home, Quincy, where she had been a resident since Dec. 30, 2011.

Born Sept. 8, 1927, in Mercersburg, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Dwight and Mildred (Walker) Beatty. Helen and her husband Ray C. Etter were married April 26, 1946. He died on Jan. 17, 2006.

She was a homemaker and had attended the Antrim Faith Baptist Church of Waynesboro. She attended school at the former Lemasters High School. Helen enjoyed watching Orioles baseball, working with flowers and spending time with her family and grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister Isobel Mongan and a brother Marshall Beatty.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m. from the Harold M. Zimmerman And Son Funeral Home, 45 S. Carlisle St., Greencastle, with Pastor Herb Busick officiating. Burial will be in the Browns Mill Cemetery Kauffman. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolences may be expressed at: